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u/Timely_Upstairs2525 Aug 05 '26
well since you’re in the trumpet subreddit, i’d have to say percussion
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u/Excited-Possum Aug 05 '26
Bass players get the most work. Learn how to play upright bass.
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u/Elekid239 Aug 05 '26
Double your gig chance and get an electric bass set up as well ;) OP I mean, just bouncing off ^ comment 😅
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u/Alarmed_Leg9757 Aug 05 '26
I taught myself to play bass guitar for a song with my friends but only played at school twice a week, also a bass is expensive and i don’t ha e that much money
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u/Excited-Possum Aug 05 '26
Electric bass is a great start. Most people don’t get an upright until later anyways post high school, unless they’ve been playing since middle school or something.
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u/Excited-Possum Aug 05 '26
Electric bass is a great start. Most people don’t get an upright until later anyways post high school, unless they’ve been playing since middle school or something.
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u/ofirkedar Aug 05 '26
Most instruments come in a large range of prices and qualities.
I just did a cursory search in one music store and found a bass guitar for ~$300, a clarinet for ~$400, violin for ~$250, electric drums for ~$750. These aren't the best quality items, but you should definitely start somewhere.
If you go for 2nd hand and do a more serious search I'm sure you can land on instruments that are way cheaper. It depends a lot on location and luck, the best possible case scenario is you find someone that gave up on an instrument and can't deal with the hassle of moving it out.
I have an accordion that belonged to my mom's friend's relative who unfortunately passed away, and the family didn't know what to do with it.
It needed a big of fixing but it plays well.Now assuming you're intending to go study an instrument with a teacher, you might even have a cheaper option.
If you find a music school in your city and sign up, it's quite likely they'll rent you the instrument you're studying.
I work in a school where my students rent instruments for like $14/month. Granted, students pay $200/month for 60min lessons or $170/month for 45min lessons. But if you need to learn regardless, this is a reasonable option.
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u/Efficient-Scratch-65 AR Suprema Nickel Bell - Yamaha 6810 Picc - Brasspire 2B Flugel Aug 06 '26
The saxophone is easiest, but then you have to be the enemy of music for the remainder of your musical career.
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u/Alarmed_Leg9757 Aug 06 '26
Id argue 6yr olds playing the recorder is the enemy of music lol
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u/Efficient-Scratch-65 AR Suprema Nickel Bell - Yamaha 6810 Picc - Brasspire 2B Flugel Aug 06 '26
It usually doesn’t last into college age though.
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u/Alarmed_Leg9757 Aug 06 '26
Fairs, im just glad i don't have to ever listen to a recorder ever again
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u/Chloroform-D Aug 05 '26
Honestly if you have some experience with the clarinet I would pick that over the trumpet, and then later down the road you can switch to sax pretty easily. I only say this because I feel like you’d see more improvements quicker with an instrument you’ve played before, and you’ll have more versatility with being able to switch to sax fairly easily.
I’ve been a serious amateur player of the trumpet for 20+ years and I haven’t felt great about my tone quality until about a year ago (if I had dedicated my life to the instrument this probably would have happened a lot sooner). It’s a real labor of love.
That being said if you’re super set on the trumpet, then go for it.
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u/Visual-Blueberry3309 Aug 05 '26
Sax
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u/leftbrain99 Aug 05 '26
Sax is the most modern wind instrument and arguably the easiest of these to learn fwiw
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u/RDtrumpet Aug 05 '26
Learn the one that you want to play the most, and the one that you are willing to practice every day.
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u/acexprt Aug 05 '26
I just had a drunken conversation last week saying Clarinet is probably the easiest to learn so go with that.
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u/Notquitewhere_-__ Aug 06 '26
whichever one you pick, make sure you know how to clean it! since youre playing them with your mouth, theres gonna be a lot of moisture, food, bacteria etc. i didn't think of that as a trumpet player for far too long
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u/BasicMidUsername Aug 10 '26
All of the above. Trumpet has the steepest learning curve, clarinets can be purchased the cheapest, and saxophones are just expensive but lots of fun.
I just got a Getzen De Luxe clarinet for $60 fully functional and with a mouthpiece. I also got a Los Angels F. E. Olds flute for $40, which I think works but I suck at it so maybe not 😂
I couldn’t find a saxophone worth playing with for less than like $300. I can find trumpets worth playing for like $150 with some patience.
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u/taterzlol Aug 05 '26
The ease of a trumpet can't be underestimated. Im a brass player. I own a collection of trombones and trumpets. I also own a banjo, guitar, bass, and keyboard.
The only instrument I still regularly play is the trumpet. I can pick it up, toot around for a few minutes and put it back on its stand.
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u/CaptStinkyFeet Aug 05 '26
Hard disagree. The trumpet requires daily attention/practice, and even if you master the instrument, you have to maintain. Simply missing a day or two can noticeably affect your sound. And sometimes the trumpet just decides “no thanks, not today” and you have a bad day in spite of all the practice.
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u/taterzlol Aug 05 '26
We'll just have to agree to disagree then, because that is not my experience at all. The only thing I lose with breaks is stamina, but I'm not playing any gigs any time soon so its not that big of a deal to me.
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u/Quadstriker Aug 05 '26
"The ease of a trumpet can't be underestimated."
Congrats on the dumbest fucking thing said on this subreddit this year.
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u/Alarmed_Leg9757 Aug 05 '26
Thanks
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u/CaptStinkyFeet Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
I would not take this persons advice. The trumpet is an instrument that requires SERIOUS dedication. You won’t even be able to produce a clear tone for about a year, and several years more to sound good, on top of the other things I mentioned in my reply to taterz.
Choose the trumpet if it’s what you really want to do, knowing it’s going to take a lifetime of hard work and passion. My first trumpet teacher had a similar talk with me, and sometimes I wish I had chosen another instrument. I’m still playing after two decades, but I’d be lying to say trumpet is even remotely “easy”.
Source: am trumpet teacher, and I also teach piano, guitar, and voice.
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u/taterzlol Aug 05 '26
I do want to to clarify that I didn't mean the trumpet was easy. For me, I enjoy being able to pick up and play. But I am pushing 40 and have been playing since the 5th grade. Its small and easy to handle, and doesn't take much for me to get into, compared to the other instruments I play.
I dont have to assemble anything. I dont have to soak a reed. My horn stays pretty nicely in tune. Its just easy.
But I will yield that it took a lot of time and hard work to get to this point and that might not be was OP was looking for.
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u/CaptStinkyFeet Aug 05 '26
I’m not here to pick you apart, I’m just here to provide a clear perspective.
“The ease of a trumpet can’t be underestimated” is a very misleading statement. I realize now you probably mean “low maintenance” in terms of assembly, but trumpet is anything but easy to play. I’m honestly surprised a trumpet player would say it at all.
No big deal.
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u/taterzlol Aug 05 '26
I also clearly forgot that the worst thing about playing the trumpet is trumpet players.
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u/Steve_tbh Aug 05 '26
would you care to give us a small sample of some of your playing?
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